For those of you researching Erie Canal families in NYS, USA., I just came across a paper my mother had written about 15 yrs. ago. She just jotted notes from her father, Ernest Eno Burke, Sr. who operated a boat on the canal. She writes: "My gggrandfather, Josiah Fox, worked on the original canal, "Clinton's Folly", with a pick, shovel, and wheelbarrow. When he began boating, there were 7,000 boats on the Erie, whereas, 3,000 had navigated in 1901. Grandpa boated for fifty years. He was known from Buffalo to Troy. Many recognized his voice before he entered the lock! " She goes on to tell about the operation of the boats themselves and the trip times. Josiah Fox was from Fulton/Phoenix area of NYS and I would be most grateful if anyone has further information on this family. Thanks, Carol